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The Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1940: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on September 29, 1940Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 September 1940361,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 29, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
361,560 km224,663 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1940 is on Monday, September 16, 1940 at 14:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 24, 194017:47
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 1, 194012:41

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Sunday, September 29, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 2, 1940 to the new moon of October 1, 1940, a cycle of 29.35 days.